Zakharov on changes in the coaching staff of the Russian diving team: “The decision is difficult, but necessary”

Olympic champion Ilya Zakharov said that the Russian Diving Federation needs to update many processes, which sometimes requires making difficult decisions.

Honored coach of the Russian national diving team Olga Feoktistova was offered to become the interim head coach of the team, the press service of the federation told . It was previously announced that Svetlana Moiseeva, who had led the team since 2016, had left this position.

— First, we must pay tribute to these people who have worked for years within the federation; without this experience, there would be no progress. Secondly, any business requires updates that took place in our federation. Over the past two years, radical changes have taken place, starting with the organization of competitions – a completely new format, everything is stylish and fashionable. We have a new character for competitions, which is noticed by our athletes. We have a completely new approach to public relations for our federation, advertising and broadcasts. They started broadcasting us on the federal channel, became our partner. You can’t stop, you have to continue updating. The decision taken is difficult in places, but necessary in order not to stand still and to be progressing.

There are several candidates for the position of head coach, elections will be held at the presidium. I believe that the federation is moving in the right direction and these actions will only bring benefits and benefits to the development of the Russian Diving Federation,” Zakharov told .